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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · 15h

Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN)
2025-10-07 12:26-12:32 UTC
65 x 5s.
ASKAR (F=230mm), ASI533MC
PixInsight
ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · 1d

Rare clear evening sky. Taking a shot on C2025 R2

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David Dickinson @astrodave.bsky.social · 6d

There are two bright star occultations by the waxing gibbous Moon over the next 24 hours:

-First up, the 83% illuminated Moon occults the +3.7 magnitude star Gamma Capricorni for Indonesia and SE Asia centered on 12:28 Universal Time; paging @marwellaspaceart.bsky.social & @shahgazer.bsky.social

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for the alert. It’s gonna be a close call from Kuala Lumpur. For Gamma Cap, ingress will be around 8 minutes after sunset. Unfortunately I will miss Delta Cap.

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · 6d

Sunspots today using Lunt Solar Wedge

2025-10-02

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · 21d

Added a few more frames for stacking. The tail was more obvious this time.

C/2025 R2 (SWAN)

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · 22d

Sky clears up this evening. A quick shot before it got blocked by the neighbors roof.

C/2025 R2 (SWAN)
2025-09-16

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · 24d

I really need a darker sky for this one

Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · 24d

Failed attempt to get Comet SWAN25B this evening. Probably to faint for simple DSLR setup. Unfortunately the horizon view from my roof top observatory was even worse . Minorplanetcenter is reporting the current mag is at 9.4

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · 24d

Lunt Solar Wedge observations today.
2025-09-14

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Sep 7

About an hour to go. 🥲

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Sep 6

we pretty much shared the same clouds 😬

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Sep 6

For Monday’s Total Lunar Eclipse, happening after midnight local time, I ‘might’ stream live to my youtube channel without any commentary. You’ll probably see me frantically adjusting exposures on my sharpcap. Weather has been really chaotic so far in Kuala Lumpur.

youtube.com/shahgazer

Shahrin Ahmad (Shah)

Astronomy Communicator and owner of one of Malaysia's first Astronomy website, FalakOnline, since 1999. Astronomi komunikator dan pemilik portal FalakOnline.net sejak 1999. Menggelintar langit selag...

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Sep 6

I am back after long hiatus. It’s been a wild few months for me.

Finally decided to get the Lunt Solar Wedge for white light solar observations. Looks promising using my small 420mm TS65Q.

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Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social · May 10

Kosmos-428-SA has most likely reentered by now. Have not heard any reports of observations. Space Force will at some point issue a reentry estimate - nothing yet.

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · May 7

Sunspot AR4079

2025-05-07 03:20 UTC (11:20 am MYT)
Sky-Watcher 120ED (F=900mm) 2x barlow
ShahGazer Observatory, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

#astrophotography #astronomy

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Apr 17

Monkey Head Nebula NGC2175 and open cluster M67

20250417 Kuala Lumpur. Bortle 8-9 sky

#dwarf3
#astrophotography

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Apr 2

Southern skies galore! Did a quick 5-10 minutes shots of these mesmerizing southern deep sky objects. Bortle 8-9 sky.

Eta Carinae Nebula
Omega Centauri
NGC3532
Centaurus A

cropped significantly. Straight out of the box with minimal adjustments using iphone Photos apps

#dwarf3 #astrophotography

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Mar 25

Old friend, Lagoon Nebula rising in the east. Rushing with the brightening dawn sky. Managed to get 15 minutes total exposure.

Used the star removal tool in the DwarfLab app. Not bad!

#dwarf3 #astrophotography

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Mar 25

Waning Moon this morning 26th March 2025. Time to get that mesmerizing earthshine again.

25th Ramadan

#dwarf3 #astrophotography

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Mar 25

A short 5 mins shot on M47 with NGC2423, and NGC2420 in between the clouds last night. bortle 8-9 sky.

#dwarf3 #astrophotography

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Mar 24

After a couple of cloudy nights, the sky clears up a bit this morning, 25th March 2025.

24 Ramadan.

42 x 1/124s

#dwarf3 #astrophotography

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Fraser Cain @fcain.universetoday.com · Mar 17

Now that Universe Today is totally ad-free, we can do whatever we want.

And what we want is a 5-part overview of the new science coming from JWST's Cycle 4.

www.universetoday.com/articles/jws...

JWST Cycle 4 Spotlight, Part 2: The Distant Universe

Earlier this week, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) announced the science objectives for the fourth cycle of the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) General Observations program - aka. Cy...

www.universetoday.com

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Mar 20

Extremely cloudy sky this morning, 20th March 2025. This is just a single 1/300s shot. 19 Ramadan.

#dwarf3 #astrophotography

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Shahrin Ahmad (Shah) @shahgazer @shahgazer.bsky.social · Mar 19

Rising Moon of 18 Ramadan. 11:30pm 18th March 2025.

Moon still low on the eastern horizon. Managed to get about 40 frames before the clouds rolled in.

#dwarf3 #astrophotography

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